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2 Sheets-Sheen. T. F. MORRIN.

PLUG TOBACCO mcmm. No. 175.136. Patented March 21,1876.

ATTORNEYS.

N. FErEnS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. u C.

, 1 rail. guide-plates withgrt h blqssi ng-j Wheels; and 1 the larg t s'the ..;A1'are.the side frames of-themacmna whi ch are attached to midsupp'orted byileg'sjBof; snitable. lengthy "To; weanner, si desyof; theirear partsof the ,si defram'es'A are-attached -two frall 'esg'a betwehich passes thej endless belt or apron D that rcarries1thegtpbaccoleaves forward to .the,pgessinggwheelslor roll- ,ers ,E F,and: thepressed tobaccol forward to thecutterst v k ,i af The part of thhjfrarneH .aboyethe b61111); is made- With threestepac 0 c g'The'ufppersurfaceof the firstor rearstep, c ,"is atsnch a height above; th'eggbeltas to holda'fiXed amount of tobacco, say,i twenty ounces, 1 Elfhe.nextjstep5 0 will holdfasjmuch mo're,-or 'forty' ounces in all, and thenext step, 0?, willholdas 'much more, or sixty ounces in all. An at-.

' tendant stands at each step an'd feedsiin the tobacco, so as to keepit all the time even with memes, A, or in brackets attach f -ol s f dnfal nflame (1, has a uniforznfl hardh" agesic th'e hlelt D passes toand-he 'E is The low'erwhe ee is width as to fit i nto the groove of'th*ingsthtt slide up and dOWnifij'sIofisnIthB ,wgsaid frames, and that areheld-down tog press the plugto any desired thickness hyset-screwsL Toafljournal of the lower "wheeljEis attached a large screw-wheel, R,'which-meshes gilito a worm, S, attached to thefdriving shaft PL To'ajournal of the upper wheelFifs at.

tachda large screw-wheel, T, which meshes into a worm, U, attached tothe erti'cals'haft V. The shaft V revolves in; bearings attached to theframe A, and to itsflower end is attached a bevelgear wheel, W, whichmeshes into a bevel-gear Wheel, X, attachedtothe driving-shaft P. Y is ahopper-shaped scraper made open at the top and at one side; The

scraper Y is supported from the frame A,'-and' graduated" I twfn the'ipressing wheels' E F," which are @placed the one above" the other. A 1

ipiv'oted to the. frames A, and inljt a jformed a-g'roove of thewidthg-ltojhe g venfto 'theplug. .The wheel F is made 9 'shch a crepeofli t hy i u li t gned to hold'a spongesatu'rated witlf umpito dampenthe face of the said wheel andprevent the tobacco from sticking. toit'.

v tween the gages G and the wheels E F, to uidethe tobacco into thegrooveof. the wheel the. plug. into strips, of the desired width. plug,while being cut, rests upon the 1-10 which is .groo\fied to receive thesaid otheframe A. The cutter-shaft B revolves airings in the forwardends of two arms, he; rear eudsfof which are pivoted to a 0( iEhpassiugthrough holes in-lugsibrmed upon the fltlllES A This arrangementalgsubstance iuthe plug. The cutters A ieldf down with suificient forceto cut the I pouthe end of the shaft B. To the end of the shaft 13 isattached a screwel,',H, whichmeshes into a worm,1, at 4 edto the forwardend of the shaft J To 11 rearend of the shaftJ 1 is attachedabevelrheel, K, which meshes into a bevel eel, L attached to the uprightshaft ligs suspended from the enilj'ot' the butt B audits rear endrevolvesin a i cketattached to said frame. Asthe belt D and the plugpass from the wheeIsE'F, they are supported by a guide- "1.v1ate'ors'pout, M attached to the frame A. Atftho forward end of theguide-plate M the j w-pl'ug passes between the cutters A and the groovedroller 0 and the belt D passes around .guidepulleys N to carry it aroundbeneath thefgrooved roller 0 and passes thence to aud arouud the'largepulley O and thence u back to the large pulley Q. As the split plug j-f'w passes out from between the cutters A and the grooved roller 0 it isreceived upon the guide-plate or spout P, by which it is sup- ,porteduntil it passes to the belt I) and large pulley O.

The guide-plate P also acts as a scraper toseparate the plug from thegrooved wheel 0 should it tend to stick to said wheel. Directly abovethe guide-plate P is placed a scraper, Q, which is slotted to receivethe cutter or cutters A and prevent the plugwheel, Y, attached yea; 1th

areLguide-wings attached to-.the frame; A; ynectedbv a coupling E, andprevent any of the leaves'froin strag 5 "orto'a; block or brack'e A)areicircularcutters, one or more of .Whichy ,leyr 0, it; passes up 0nayhbe u'sed,and which are attached to a. shafq B at such a distanceapart as to cut utters, and revolves upon a journal attached -flange,upon the inner he cutters to rise should they strike any ugfby a weight,F, the stem G of which" I and to it is attache T forward end of, theshaft J revolves" gfswiveled to the frame A or to a block i Vided withthe shOlftSi'ildb :attachedtothe end A rear: and" lo was gearwlie'eL'X', whic mes avatar I pright shaft'VJf The forward ends of-thehfagft and the rear part 'of volves in a bearing,

Asthe split plug pas {upon which it is. cut, pieces, and which is edgeof the cutter A? tached to a lever, B h slotted projection upouth' partof the blockzri U the outer'part ofth'e b a Tgr'oove to,fit""u1j to theend of thefram the lever B rests upo 'the shaft E, which rev outer endsof the bloc revolvesiiu bearings a which meshes into a tached" to the upH. Theshaftfiirev to the frameA,:and a screw-wheehl, 'wlnc attached'tothedr E? is attached a c the side of the block, to push the block Z'.a ward while the kn thesame velocity at knife A may .c'ut'o'tf 7 the outis completed the h v p p, K. releases the block the saijd block' and itsattachments. ushedback by a spiral spring, If, placed pn' the" forwaipart of the shaft E rr'eail to make another cut. The feed-belt arrie'd.forwardby T the revolution of the lar'g" pulley O, which I is driven bythe screw w eel' M attaehed to its journal, and by the"wormf Ntkattachedto. the drive'sh-aft-P.

Having thus describedimyinveution, Iclaim as new and desire'tofsecu'reby Letters Pat ent- 1. The graduatedfeedggagesfic c a". pro

'elts;G,"in combination with the ieed-beltfDgahilwith theframe A of themachine, substantially as herein shown and described; y I

2. The combinationof theirotary cutters A, i i one or more, their shaftB and pivoted arms f D, the grooved roller G jan(l-the guide-plates M P,with the feedbelt'p D; the pressingwheels E F, and the large memo thatdrives v the feed-belt l), substautiallyas herein shown and described.

THOMAS 'F'. MORRIN. Witnessesr Y JAMES T. GRAHAM,

T. B.- MOSHER.-

